Press Release

Flash Memory Summit Opens Nominations for Best of Show Awards

New Category Recognizes "Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup"

SANTA CLARA, CA - May 17, 2018 - Nominations are now open for the 2018 Best of Show awards at Flash Memory Summit (FMS), to be held August 7-9 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Now in its 13th year, Flash Memory Summit is the world's largest event showcasing the trends, innovations, and influencers driving the multi-billion dollar non-volatile memory and data storage industry.

"Flash memory continues to disrupt the storage industry and accelerates advances in data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence," said Jay Kramer, Awards Program Chair and President, Network Storage Advisors, Inc. "The highly competitive Best of Show Awards Program recognizes the industry's top innovators and helps build their brand as leaders in the flash memory market."

Flash Memory Summit is currently accepting nominations within five award categories, including a new category for Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup Company. Other categories include: Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application, Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application, Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology, and Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation.

The FMS Awards Program is open to all companies in the flash storage ecosystem. Nominations are due by 6 pm PDT on Friday, July 13, 2018, and may be completed online. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, during the evening reception in the FMS Exhibit Hall.

About the Flash Memory Summit

Flash Memory Summit, produced by Conference ConCepts, showcases the mainstream applications, key technologies, and leading vendors that are driving the multi-billion dollar non-volatile memory and SSD markets. FMS is now the world’s largest event featuring the trends, innovations, and influencers driving the adoption of flash memory in demanding enterprise storage applications, as well as in smartphones, tablets, and mobile and embedded systems.